In this section you can read short biographies of past Governors and explore the history of the Bank and its head office. You can also search our historical photos and download our souvenir books.
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Bank's first Governor, Graham Towers - 10 August 1937
Victoria Building, 140 Wellington Street, first office of the Bank of Canada
Proposed 1937 design by Marani, Lawson & Morris and S.G. Davenport, Associated Architects
Prime Minister Mackenzie King (left) and the Bank’s first Governor, Graham Towers (right). A copper box inside the cornerstone contained bank notes of the 1935 and 1937 issues, 1937 Canadian coins, the Bank of Canada Act and the Amendment Act, the By-laws of the Bank, the Reports of the 1st and 2nd Annual Shareholders Meetings, a copy of the Bank’s Statistical Summary for July 1937, a copy of the 1933 Royal Commission on Banking and Currency, which recommended the establishment of the Bank of Canada, and a list of those present at the cornerstone ceremony.
In this section you can read short biographies of past Governors and explore the history of the Bank and its head office. You can also search our historical photos and download our souvenir books.
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Bank's first Governor, Graham Towers - 10 August 1937
Victoria Building, 140 Wellington Street, first office of the Bank of Canada
Proposed 1937 design by Marani, Lawson & Morris and S.G. Davenport, Associated Architects
Prime Minister Mackenzie King (left) and the Bank’s first Governor, Graham Towers (right). A copper box inside the cornerstone contained bank notes of the 1935 and 1937 issues, 1937 Canadian coins, the Bank of Canada Act and the Amendment Act, the By-laws of the Bank, the Reports of the 1st and 2nd Annual Shareholders Meetings, a copy of the Bank’s Statistical Summary for July 1937, a copy of the 1933 Royal Commission on Banking and Currency, which recommended the establishment of the Bank of Canada, and a list of those present at the cornerstone ceremony.
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